There has been one collection of this species in Nigeria and three collections in west Cameroon, one of which was from Mt. Cameroon. The type collection is from Moliwe and the only other collections known are from south of Ngu at the Plain of Mbaw, Takamanda, and the Niger Estuary.

Although this species was not rediscovered in the botanical inventory of Mabeta-Moliwe in 1992, nor in 1993, it may not yet be extinct on Mt. Cameroon, and efforts should be made to rediscover it in Mabeta-Moliwe.